North Fork, Forked Deer River at Dyersburg
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Mississippi River (Brown) Obion River (Grey) North Fork Forked Deer (Red) South Fork Forked Deer (Blue) Middle Fork Forked Deer (Green) Forked Deer River (FOOR-ked DIR), W Tenn., formed 4 mi/6 km SW of Dyersburg by junction of North and South forks; flows c.10 mi/16 km SW to Obion R. near its mouth on the Mississippi. South Fork rises in McNairy co., flows c.100 mi/161 km NW past Jackson, to join North Fork, which rises in Carroll co. and flows c.50 mi/80 km W past Trenton and Dyersburg; receives Middle Fork (c.60 mi/97 km long). |
You may be surprised that although the North, Middle and South Forks of the Forked Deer River flows over 200 miles in West Tennessee, the actual length of the Forked Deer River itself is only ten miles long. The Forked Deer is measured from the point where the North and South Forks connect to the point it empties into the Obion River.
NOAA pictures the North Fork Forked Deer River at Dyersburg
Downstream, looking west
Upstream, looking east
Gage
Looking north on Old 51, South Main
THE FORKED DEER
Forked Deer River (FOOR-ked DIR), W Tenn., formed 4 mi/6 km SW of Dyersburg by junction of North and South forks; flows c.10 mi/16 km SW to Obion R. near its mouth on the Mississippi. South Fork rises in McNairy co., flows c.100 mi/161 km NW past Jackson, to join North Fork, which rises in Carroll co. and flows c.50 mi/80 km W past Trenton and Dyersburg; receives Middle Fork (c.60 mi/97 km long).
The drainage ditch.....
NOAA Link
When Dyersburg was a river town...
ANSWERS.COM
http://www.tngenweb.org/goodspeed/madison/
http://state.tn.us/tsla/regional/FDRL/index.htm
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/madison/newspapers/forked.txt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiSomfm2968
